Progress in French an
College Mulai Yussef at Rabat is open to boys all
over Morocco These colleges are reserved^ generally
speaking, for boys of good family
The educational system has been thought out with
the greatest care By means of the method employed,
Moslem and European systems of education develop
at the same tune, instruction being given in Moslem
subjects by Arab teachers, while European instniction
is In the hands of French professors
Those who attempt to decry the real merit of
colleges can never have visited any of them Only a
month or two ago, through the courtesy of Monsieur
Gotteland? Directeur d5 Instruction Publlque3I was
to visit the Mulai Yussef College at Rabat, of which the
educational authorities are justly proud The building,
situated amidst gardens, is both pleasing to the eye and
suitable for its purpose, nothing having been left
undone to provide educational facilities along with aM
possible amenities for the pupils Education is free,
except in the case of some hundred and thirty
who pay a small sum for their board and lodgiagss and
the boys of Salle are even provided with a free motor-
bus to bring them to and from work. In the grounds
the pupils play football, a game for which, they have
considerable natural aptitude^ and a most marked
feature of college life is the delight taken both in
and work, and the obvious sympathy that be-
tween the boys and their French and masters.
Undoubtedly these coEeges, which provide an educa-
tion corresponding to that of the second degree in
French schools,* play a most important part in the
development of tie country, and may be relied upon
to fit Moroccan youths to play their part in, the ad-
ministration